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News from the farm – June 15, 2010

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:16:39 +0000

Summer Veggies coming in for some ‘cool cookin’

Cukes and tomatoes are the season’s sensations and we suggest you try a simple gazpacho this week to celebrate. We are now providing you with our organically grown heirloom tomatoes, and hope you will enjoy them.

Our tomato selection this year was chosen from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange catalog, all varieties that are time tested to withstand the humid hot south. Our efforts to baby them along seem to be worth it, as we are harvesting now in abundance. Much better results than last year.

Enjoy!

About the farm…

As I am sure you know, the last week has seen record temperatures around the region. This is especially difficult on the organic garden, as disease pressure mounts and increased pressure from insects. We have had a recent intense outbreak of squash bugs that has been relentless. Half of our summer squash, cucumbers and melons have succumbed. A recent application of Diatomaceous Earth is our hope for mitigation.
Otherwise, things are looking pretty good!

This Week’s CSA

Your CSA box this week contains eggplant, heirloom summer squashes, heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, green beans, cucumbers, garlic and lime basil! Enjoy!!

News from the Farm – June 2, 2010

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:16:50 +0000

Kitchen Table Cuisine Now Open for June Orders

As you place your orders for the month of June between now and 11:59 pm on June 7th, you will notice changes in the organization of our online catalog that we hope will make ordering easier. Please let us know your comments about these changes.
We have two great new items:

a wonder summer Chicken and Corn Chowder
and a new flavor of ravioli from Rio Bertolini Pasta the Bacon, Corn, and Crab Ravioli

We have removed a few items from our inventory that have proved difficult to procure.

Last month, there were some difficulties and disappointment with the dairy products. Happy Cow Creamery has asked us to apologize and to explain that there is a seasonal decrease in milk production every year as their cows take the time to calve. This year that decrease coincided with a large increase in retail sales from their farm store in Pelzer, SC. This is a temporary set back for us and, with the help of the dairy, we will do everything we can to have your milk for you this month.

We appreciate your patience and understanding of the nature of farming.

Store Inventory Increasing

More at the Farmer’s Markets as well

We are broadening the selection of regionally grown certified organic produce that we will have for sale both at our farm store in McClellanville, SC and at our booths at the farmer’s market. We’ll have more items such as potatoes and onions.

Thank You Lowcountry Local First and Charleston Cooks!

On Thursday May 27th, Maria attended a wonderful CSA cooking class hosted by Lowcountry Local First and Charleston Cooks! She brought two large CSA boxes with her and the class developed several great recipes right out of the box! These recipes will be sent to you as bag notes in an email later today.

This Week’s CSA

Your CSA box this week is truely a transition from spring to summer: the last of the spring greens, potatoes, beans, summer squash, cucumbers, and fresh herbs.

There will be eggplant, tomatoes, sweet corn, and blueberries ripening for your CSA boxes in the next couple weeks.

Support Walk for Autism-Charleston

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:00:52 +0000

Our Local Foods Urges You to Support Walk for Autism-Charleston

In addition to selling the Autism Ribbon Floor Puzzles, we would like to encourage you to participate in the 2010 Walk for Autism-Charleston on Saturday April 17th at Hampton Park. Registration begins at 9:00 am and the Walk begins at 10:00 am. Registration is $15 for an individual or $20 for a family.

Refreshments will be provided with live music, jump castles, a sensory play area, therapy dogs, sponsor tables with information on autism, crafts, and more. Haircuts by Great Clips will be available and there will be a great silent auction to support Walk for Autism-Charleston.

See you there!

Outstanding in the Field coming to Thornhill Farm!

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:41:02 +0000

The folks from Outstanding in the Field (www.outstandinginthefield.com) will be setting up their famous “Long Table” at Thornhill Farm on Sunday, September 26, 2010! Their mission is tore-connect diners to the land and the origins of their food, and to honor the local farmers and food artisans who cultivate it. Outstanding in the Field is a roving culinary adventure – literally a restaurant without walls. Since 1999 they have set the long table at farms or gardens, on mountain tops or in sea caves, on islands or at ranches. Wherever the location, the consistent theme of each dinner is to honor the people whose good work brings nourishment to the table. Ingredients for the meal will be almost all local, with much of the produce coming from Thornhill Farm.

The meal will be prepared on site by award-winning Chef Sean Brock, of McCrady’s Restaurant in Charleston with the Our Local Foods team providing the assist! We encourage you to come join us and have a wonderful day on the farm!

We are so happy that the folks from Outstanding In The Field have chosen to include Thornhill Farm as part of their 2010 National Tour. We are also grateful that a portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Thornhill Farm’s resident non-profit organization, Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry. Please visit www.outstandinginthefield.com to learn more or to purchase tickets.

PLEASE READ – CSA Pickup Schedule

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:50:17 +0000

Information about Your Pick-up Location

Please Scroll Down To Find Your Pick-up Location

James Island/West Ashley pick-up

- Will remain at Normandy Farms Bakery on Windemere Blvd on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. A big thank you to Normandy Farms for continuing to be our pick-up location and to our volunteer Andrea Tremols who will be there to make sure everybody gets the right bag and add-ons!

Downtown Pick-up Location

- Is the East Bay True Value Hardware store at 18 Society Street on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:30. A big thank you to Kimberly for offering the store as our pick up location and to our volunteer Grace Rice who will be there to make sure everybody gets the right bag and the right add-ons!

Shellmore Mount Pleasant pick-up location

- Is the Sprout Café in the Eco Fitness center on Johnnie Dodds Blvd on Fridays from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. A big thank you to Mickey for offering the café as our pick up location and to our volunteer Denise Collins who will be there to make sure everybody gets the right bag and the right add-ons!

Park West Mount Pleasant pick-up location

- Is Alexandria’s Salon at the intersection of Hwy 17 and Hwy 41 behind the CVS and Sonic on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. A big thank you to Shannon for offering the salon as our pick-up location and to our volunteer Carrie Bates and her daughter Julia who will be there to make sure everybody gets the right bag and the right add-ons!

Daniel Island pick-up location

- Is Lucia’s Pet Store across the street from the Tennis Center in the Publix Shopping center on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. When the Daniel Island Farmer’s Market begins, we will move back to the Tennis Center. A big thank you to Katherine for offering her store as our pick-up location and to our volunteer Katherine Swisshelm (different Katherine) who will be there to make sure everyone gets the right bag and the right add-ons!

Summerville pick-up location

- Orders will now be delivered directly to your home on Thursdays between 4:00 and 5:00 pm. If you will not be home for your delivery, please leave a cooler on your porch that we can put your Kitchen Table Cuisine order and your vegetables in. If you need to make any special arrangements, please call or email us immediately.

Georgetown pick-up location

- Is Anne Starne’s home on Wednesdays after 10:00 am and a big thank you to her for making her home available for this! We are happy discuss alternate arrangements for your convenience.

Pawley’s Island pick-up location

- Orders will be delivered to your home on Wednesdays after 11:00 am. If you will not be home for your delivery, please leave a cooler on your porch that we can put your Kitchen Table Cuisine order and your vegetables in. We are happy discuss alternate arrangements for your convienence.

Myrtle Beach pick-up location

- Is Charlie’s Market on 8th Avenue on Wednesday s from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. A big thank you to Charlie Caldwell for making his market open to us!

March KTC to be Delivered

March orders for Kitchen Table Cuisine will be delivered this week as well. Please remember the new Charleston location as well as the two new Mount Pleasant locations. Again, if you have any questions about the pick-up locations, please send us an email immediately.

CSA Weekly Add-Ons

You will once again have the option to add dairy products to your CSA delivery.
Order forms will be available each week for the following week. For your first order, please call the store at 843.887.3500 to set up your credit or debit account at the store for these purchases.

Please remember that when you fill out the order form, you will be ordering for delivery the following week.

One Gallon Whole Milk $5.98 each

One Half Gallon Whole Milk $3.97 each

One Half Gallon Chocolate Milk $4.27 each

One Half Gallon Strawberry Milk $4.27 each

Salted Butter, 2lb $11.57 each
Unsalted Butter, 2lb $11.57 each

One Dozen Eggs $4.00 each

March Kitchen Table Cuisine to be Delivered

March orders for

First Annual – Local Music on the Farm a Big Success!

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:00 +0000

First Annual Local Music on the Farm A Big Success!
Thank you for attending our first fundraising event in support of Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry! We count ourselves very lucky for the perfect day we had for our event yesterday. The beautiful weather, fabulous oysters, great barbeque, and fantastic music made it a fun time to be had by all. We’d like to once again send out a special thank you to our event sponsors and donors:

Coastal Caterers, Clammer Dave’s Sustainable Gourmet Seafood, GP Sound, Livingston Seafood, High Hammock, McCrady’s Restaurant, McClellanville Rentals, Meadors Construction, Pearl Cadwell, Sun Bay Logic, Town Museum of McClellanville, Trident Tech Culinary Program, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Beth & Jerry Zink, Holy City Sinners, Skye Paige & the Original Recipe, The Hungry Monks, French Toast, the Toasted Beets, Wando High School Special Needs Class, Tom Knisley, Julian Levin, Thomas Beach, Guy Artiguse, the Staff of Our Local Foods, and all our cherished volunteers.

Also a special thank you to all of you who came out and made it a great day – we hope you’ll come have fun with us again the next time we have such a wonderful event hosted here at Thornhill Farm.

Thank you!

Maria

Our Local Foods launches Kitchen Table Cuisine

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:29:49 +0000

Kitchen Table Cuisine (KTC)

Our Local Foods, LLC is pleased to announce the opening of it’s latest Direct-to-Consumer Food Service, Kitchen Table Cuisine. This members only service provides delivery of locally sourced food items for healthy at home meals. Local farms, food purveyors and producers are being sourced to provide a convenient way to enjoy fresh and healthy at home meals. A minimum monthly order insures custom ordering and availability. Our Weekly Organic Produce CSA, which is a separate program, will continue as usual, on a seasonal basis, to include fall, spring and summer. Membership is open to everyone, and registration is open now. Ordering begins on September 1, 2009!!

The Monthly Delivery will be comprised of items you select from the following categories:

Grass Fed Beef, Pork, Chicken and Lamb
Farm Fresh Eggs from our own free range chickens
Fresh dairy products to include grass fed dairy milk and goats milk
Fresh goat cheese
Fresh, locally made pastas
Locally grown rice, grits, and other grains
Locally roasted coffee
Soup of the month
Sausage of the month

As always, we look forward to serving you the best in local food!!

Earth Day 2009

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:50:26 +0000

Our Local Foods attended the 2009 Earth Day Fair at Park Circle in North Charleston, SC this past Saturday, April 18. It was a really well attended event, and we had a lot of information about the farm, CSA (Community Supported Agriculture sign-up forms), and plant starts to give away to help people “green” up their patch of Earth. Here’s some photos of the day:

: Our Local Foods at Earth Day 2009 in North Charleston, SC

: Ready to plant!

Take care!

Maria

Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry is planted-

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:56:41 +0000

Yesterday we got Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry up and running at Thornhill Farm in McClellanville. This program helps high school students with disabilities by engaging them in horticultural therapy. The horticultural therapy aspects of the program are handled by Catherine, and Our Local Foods is involved in helping provide infrastructure and support however we can. The students are from Georgetown HS and they did a great job getting the planter boxes filled with good soil, and then started the planting. Stay tuned for updates as their garden grows!

…some pictures of the adaptive gardening program

- Maria